In the blink of an eye, in the cold winter of Layue, in the past two or three months, Zhao Ziliang has used the interests on the Silk Road to tie up the five crossbows to form a community of interests, which not only allowed the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion to survive the most dangerous time period, but also increased his own strength, so that Mohe Dagan, who had always been a little impatient, did not dare to act rashly.

Today is the day for the inspection of customs clearance documents and the issuance of passports. Early in the morning, a lot of people gathered inside and outside the east gate of Broken Leaf City, the people in the city were going to continue to Anxi or Chang'an in the east, and the people outside the city were going to the Western Regions from Chang'an or Anxi, waiting to open the city gate to enter the Broken Leaf City to replenish supplies.

The gates of the city slowly opened amid the shouts of a captain, and the men and cattle inside and outside the city rushed out of the city and into the city with their heat.

On the right side of the city gate, there is a small wooden house, an official wearing the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty Jiupin sits behind a desk, and under the shouting and organization of the Tang soldiers outside, the merchants who are waiting to go out of the city line up in a long line, and go to the window of the log cabin one by one to handle customs clearance.

"My lord, I'm going out of town!" The first Persian merchant came up to the window and said with a smile to the officials inside.

The official nodded with a smile and stretched out his hand: "Customs clearance paperwork!" ”

"Oh, here!" The merchant hurriedly took out a brand-new customs clearance document from his sheepskin jacket pocket and handed it in, and the official took it and looked at it, confirmed that there was no problem, picked up the seal on the desk and stamped it on a blank page.

Closing the customs clearance paperwork, the official handed it back to the merchant and said: "Take it and hand it to the captain of the city gate, if the goods do not increase or decrease, there is no embargoed goods can be passed, welcome to Datang, I wish you a smooth journey!" ”

"Oh, thank you!" With a smile on his face, the Persian merchant took the customs clearance paperwork and turned to leave. All merchants who came out of the city with goods had to come to this hut to have their customs clearance papers checked, and individual travelers did not need to come here. Queue up directly at another passage out of the city and hand over the customs clearance documents to the guards for inspection, and you can go out of the city without any problem.

There was a similar log cabin next to the entrance outside the city, and there was also an official sitting in it, waiting for the merchants to come and go through the formalities of leaving the city, and there was also a soldier at the other entrance to the city.

When a platoon of travelers reached the pass, the soldiers stopped the first one and asked, "Is there a way?" ”

"Nope!" Is the bald monk in his thirties holding a Zen staff and wearing a robe, carrying a cloth bag? He shook his head and said, "The old man only has a degree!" ”

"It's okay too! Take it for inspection, and pay two cents for road construction fees and entry tax," the soldier nodded and stretched out his hand.

When the bald monk heard the words, the road was wide and smooth, and it seemed that the government did spend a lot, and it was understandable to charge a little road construction fee, so he simply took out two pennies and handed it to the soldiers.

The soldier took it and threw the two pennies into the wooden box next to him, checked the side again, looked up and asked, "Where is the master?" Where is the ancestral home of the layman? ”

"The poor monk is a monk in Chang'an Fahua Temple, and the ancestral home of the lay family is in Liujia Village outside the West City Gate of Luoyang!"

When the soldier heard this, he looked at the guide and compared it with what the monk had said. Again: "Do you have a passport?" ”

The bald monk was stunned when he heard this, and frowned: "Passport? What is it? ”

The soldier explained: "Our Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion has stationed envoys in the 36 countries of the Western Regions, the 10 tribes of the Turgish, the Great Food Country and the Eastern Roman Empire, and built an embassy pavilion. If the master does not apply for a passport. You can go to the small cabin next to it, and you only need to pay the cost of ten cents. No matter where you are in the Western Regions, you can prove your identity as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty with it, you can find help and shelter from the local embassy of our country, and if you are unfortunately lost, you can also apply to the embassy for a replacement! If the big food is not handled, there is only one way out of the Datang realm. You can't prove that you are a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, even if you look like a citizen of the Tang Dynasty and don't have a passport to prove your identity, the countries of the Western Regions will not recognize you as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty."

"I see, the poor monk has to apply for a passport. It's in a log cabin, isn't it? The military master waits, and the poor monk will come when he goes."

Not long after, there was a long line of Tang Dynasty people preparing to go to the Western Regions at the door of the small cabin next to it.

At this time, at the west gate of Broken Leaf City, there were also many people traveling out of the city and entering the city, and there were many surrounding herdsmen and farmers entering and leaving, and there was a lively scene at the east and west city gates.

Zhao Ziliang got up very well as usual, but he didn't practice martial arts after he got up, but came to the gate of Xicheng with a few servants, checked the situation of going out of the city and entering the city, and observed the situation of handling customs clearance documents.

A few days later, Zhao Ziliang asked Liu Shan and the others: "Lord Liu, how is the situation of applying for passports and customs clearance documents these days?" In addition, what is the status of road maintenance fee collection? Do you have any complaints about business trips in the past? ”

Liu Shan arched his hand and said: "My lord, the issuance of passports and customs clearance documents is very smooth, the business travelers are willing to pay that money for their own safety and save some trouble, and the collection of road maintenance fees is also very smooth.

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Lord Liu, do you estimate, according to the current situation, how long will it take for us to recover the cost of road repair?" ”

Liu Shan lowered his head and calculated, raised his head and said: "General, according to the current situation, it will take us about three years to recover the cost of building the road, but with the smooth opening of this Silk Road, there will be a large influx of business travelers when they get the news, and there will be more and more business travelers taking this Silk Road, so this time will be greatly shortened!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Lai Yao again and asked, "Have you completed the training of recruits?" The result? ”

Lai Yao said: "General, so far, all the recruits have completed their training, the combat quality of the soldiers has reached the specified standards, and the tactical execution has also met the general's expectations, but there is still a lack of actual combat tests."

"Oh, take the time to arrange a real combat drill, and General Ben wants to see the real results of the recruit drill!" Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and commanded.

Lai Yao promised: "No! ”

On this day, Zhao Ziliang came to the treasury of the Logistics Department to inspect the reserves of grain, grass and ordnance, and Zheng San, Feng Changqing and others introduced the situation on the side.

Walking into the large treasury, the treasury is divided into several areas, the first area is the grain and grass area, the second area is the weapons area, the third area is the bow and crossbow arrow area, the fourth area is the armor area, and the fifth area is the other military resources area.

The treasury of the Governor's Mansion is not small, covering an area of hundreds of acres, and the grain and forage in the grain and grass area are piled up like a mountain.

Zheng San introduced: "General, in the second half of today, we have opened up a total of 100,000 acres of fields in Broken Leaf City and other six towns, where the land is fertile, the rain is abundant, the sun is abundant, the wheat grains are full, and there is a bumper harvest everywhere, we have harvested a total of 300,000 stone grain, all of which are stored here, enough for 100,000 troops to eat for half a year, with our current strength, we can't eat it for ten years!" However, the wasteland under our control has almost been reclaimed, and if we want to reclaim it, we can only reduce the area of pasture and mountain forests, and if we reduce the area of grassland, we and the herdsmen will not have enough pasture! ”

Zhao Ziliang did not expect that there would be such a big harvest in the cultivation of land here, you must know that in the Tang Dynasty, the output of wheat per mu was only more than 300 catties, at most 400 catties, and here it reached more than 400 catties, which may be related to the fertility of the land here and various factors such as climate, rain and sunshine.

"Okay, okay, this year we are in a hurry, the climate for planting wheat is not right, if we plant winter wheat, wait until next year's spring, I am afraid that the yield will be higher, we only need to plant one season a year, and the people under the control of the entire Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion will not lack food!" You have to think of a way to wait for the spring to see what else can be planted in the field, and you can't let the land sit idle. In addition, the orange stalk should not be burned, the orange stalk should be chopped and sprinkled in the field, it can also fertilize the field, and the manure of the people and livestock should be collected and scattered in the field, and the fertility of the field should be maintained, and it cannot be only harvested without fertilization, if it is not fertilized, after a few years of planting, the field will become barren and the yield will decrease! Also, I think that if you do intensive farming, you should be able to increase your yield! ”

Zheng San promised: "No, my subordinates have all written it down!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "What about the forage?" Will you survive this winter? Have the sheepfolds, cattle sheds and stables of the enclosures been maintained? If it snows heavily, will it be crushed and the livestock will freeze to death? ”

Feng Changqing arched his hand and said: "General rest assured, his subordinates specialize in supervising this matter, all the sheepfolds, stables and cowsheds, the subordinates have personally brought people to inspect them, the governor's mansion, the garrison, the subordinate towns and all the livestock under his jurisdiction have no problem for winter, the sheepfolds, cowsheds and stables are all built tall and strong, even if there are wolves attacking, they can't cross the fence, and the forage is also very well prepared, only our treasury has stored 500,000 bales of hay, enough to last until June next year!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was relieved, thought about it and instructed: "Zheng San, you organize some manpower and chariots and horses to transport 100,000 stone and 50,000 stone of grain and 100,000 quintals and 50,000 quintals of forage to Lord Gai of Dadu Hufu and General Fumeng of Shule Town respectively. ”

Zheng San agreed: "The weather is not very good now, when the weather is clear, my subordinates will arrange for people and vehicles to be sent over!" (To be continued.) )